chemoleo
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Professional jokes in well-reputed Scientific Literature
I still can't believe it.
Read this article:
http://www.nature.com/cdd/journal/v12/n4/full/4401614a.html
If you can't spot the spoof (it needs a close read), read on here:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=12477#...
I find it very surprising that this sort of thing makes it into the scientific literature, particularly into a well-reputed Nature journal - would
have never thought they'd allow this sort of thing!
I shall be more weary in the future!
[Edited on 9-7-2009 by chemoleo]
Never Stop to Begin, and Never Begin to Stop...
Tolerance is good. But not with the intolerant! (Wilhelm Busch)
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DJF90
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Hahaha they can't be serious! Surely someone must have picked up on it 
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chemoleo
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I searched the web, but found nothing!!!!!!
No citations to the article either, which is interesting...but then it doesn't provide with real research details.
Never Stop to Begin, and Never Begin to Stop...
Tolerance is good. But not with the intolerant! (Wilhelm Busch)
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Rosco Bodine
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hilarious tongue in cheek humor obviously peer reviewed
[Edited on 9-7-2009 by Rosco Bodine]
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pantone159
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That was hilarious. All the names in the letter were great. Were the authors names even real? I don't see a 'Green' at liai, and the second name (for
correspondence) looks pretty odd too.
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Gruson
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I don't know if this is already posted, but http://www.ncbirofl.com/ has some pretty amazing research too.
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
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Ozone
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Possibly this:
Cheers,
O3
-Anyone who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
--Albert Einstein
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entropy51
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One of the older jokes in the literature was a cosmology paper published in Physical Review in the 1950"s.
George Gamow and Ralph Alpher were preparing the manuscript when Gamow called Hans Bethe and asked his permission to add Bethe's name to their paper.
Bethe agreed.
The paper became known as "Alpher, Bethe, Gamow"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Ga...
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